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diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index eb51bc2340..4167138250 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -710,7 +710,13 @@ test_done () {
# Test the binaries we have just built. The tests are kept in
# t/ subdirectory and are run in 'trash directory' subdirectory.
-TEST_DIRECTORY=$(pwd)
+if test -z "$TEST_DIRECTORY"
+then
+ # We allow tests to override this, in case they want to run tests
+ # outside of t/, e.g. for running tests on the test library
+ # itself.
+ TEST_DIRECTORY=$(pwd)
+fi
GIT_BUILD_DIR="$TEST_DIRECTORY"/..
if test -n "$valgrind"